[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

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In article <CR6%m.10040$0U1.5380 at newsfe16.iad>, "John Vottero" <JVottero at mvpsi.com> writes:
>"Michael Kraemer" <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote in message 
>news:hhcfhb$6hu$00$1 at news.t-online.com...
>> Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
>>
>>>
>>> MS is just another company trying to make as much money as possible.
>>>
>>
>> There are ethical and unethical ways to make money.
>> It is (almost) always M$ that forces proprietary
>> formats.
>
>Are you suggesting that is is unethical to create proprietary systems? 
>Doesn't that make OpenVMS unethical?

If that's its definition, then WEENDOZE is very much unethical.

I still fail to understand how people mistake ubiquity with openness.
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